By Luis Alvarado California is home to the some of the most progressive farmers in the world. Despite enormous odds and pressures – drought; climate change; rising land, gas and energy costs; wildfires; labor shortages; regulatory burdens; relentless attacks from pests and disease – the state’s farmers soldier on, providing fresh fruit, produce and dairy […]

When it comes to our food supply, Americans don’t know how good we have it. A recent piece online – “21 Foods Made In China You Should Never Eat” – offers some grim examples of contaminated food imported from China – everything from chicken and vegetables to fish and fruit juices. Inspections have turned up […]

Over the past year, environmental activists involved with groups such as Safe Ag Safe Schools and Safe Strawberry Monterey County Working Group, have taken up the crusade to ban pesticides in California using missing and incomplete science. One such member, Carole Erickson, a retired and somewhat active Public Health Nurse/Educator, promoted here discredited study to […]

Last week, the California Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation released its first draft of the medical cannabis regulations that may eventually be enforced. The draft is 54-pages and has entered a 45-day comment period for suggestions on what should be changed to the regulations. The regulations are actually part of the Medical Cannabis Safety and […]